Unbuilt Los Angeles: Tower of Civilization
#UnbuiltLA: Tower of Civilization
1940s Tower of Civilization for a World’s Fair that was never held in Los Angeles Los Angeles was meant to host a World’s Fair in the 1940s, but World War II got in the way. The centerpiece of the fair could have been a “Tower of Civilization,” concocted by real-estate developer William Evans and civil engineer Donald Warren. Almost 400 meters high and 45 meters in diameter, it would have been…